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| Heirloom seedlings I started in April in the top flat |
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| We had to remove weeds and weeds and literally metres of roots from the staghorn sumac from the soil before we started any kind of planting |
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| Bamboo cane supports for peas |
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| Small area I marked out for onions and carrots - this ended up being smothered by the tomatoes, galeuse d'eysines pumpkin and butternut squash |
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| Staghorn suckers - these sprouted along every single root in the garden, the trees had been cut just before we moved in, and as it turns out, the trees respond to a "trauma" by sprouting vigorously along all root lines.... |
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| Minnesota Midget - this had really small yellow flowers, but didn't get nearly enough sun as they ended up hidden behind the tomatoes and courgette, so unfortunately, we didn't get any melons |
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| The tomatoes take off |
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| Crookneck Summer Squash |
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| Courgette - we got about three nice sized courgettes from this plant, which was perfect, we had so many summer squash to use up! |
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| Cheyenne bush pumpkin |
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| Cleo investigates, while I try to measure the growth of the galeuse d'esyines pumpkin |
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| Hidden under the wide leaves - growing crookneck summer squash. I'd no idea these would do so well and ended up giving a lot of them away to friends and work colleagues, and still had plenty left over for ourselves... |
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| Pumpkin and squash patch - the galeuse d'eysines is taking over the patio in the back left of the photo |
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| More Crookneck Summer squash |
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| The bright yellow flowers on the squash and pumpkins attracted lots of bees, it was lovely to be able to hear the buzzing from the backdoor and we plan on planting a lot more bee friendly plants and flowers in 2014 |
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| Some of the harvest, heirloom tomatoes and crookneck summer squash |
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| Galeuse d'eysines - this weighed about 7lb when it was finished growing |
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| Mix of Gardeners Delight - cherry vine tomato, Millefleur - yellow vine tomato and Jen's Tangerine - cherry vine tomato |
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| Little butternut squash, which I discovered after I pulled the plant from the tangle of tomatoes, strawberries and nasturtiums |
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| Almost ripe - Cheyenne bush pumpkin |
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| Bush pumpkin and galeuse d'eysines curing in the glass house |
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